NEW DELHI: Arguments on the review pleas filed against Supreme Court verdict allowing women of all ages to Sabarimala, has started. Advocate K Parasaran appearing for NSS said the court passed the order without considering many constitutional matters and this is absolutely wrong.

If women of all ages are permitted, the celibacy of the idol cannot be preserved, said advocate Giri, who appeared for the tantri.

The pleas are considered by a five-member constitutional bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justices A M Khanwilkar, Rohington Nariman, D Y Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra. The court considered 65 pleas seeking review of the judgment. The pleas have been filed by individuals and various organisations.

Advocate K Parasaran who appeared for the NSS pointed that the verdict was pronounced without considering important issues. Constitutional rights have been violated in the judgment and so the verdict is wrong, he argued. Parasaran argued that according to Article 15 of the Constitution, it is not right to open the temples as public places. According to it, it is wrong to change the rituals of the temple. The customs cannot be equated to untouchability. It is only a religious custom, argued Parasaran in the court. Meantime, senior advocate Rohington Nariman has opposed this argument.